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Subject: Re: Mate in 7 or 8

Author: Chris Welty

Date: 08:06:02 03/02/05

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On March 02, 2005 at 10:37:30, Rob Basham wrote:

>[D]5bk1/R5pp/2p2p2/4pN2/8/1p2BQ2/1Pq3PP/3r2NK w - - 0 1
>
>
>Nh6+ is a good move,
>but Mach3 goes for the mate and plays
>Qh5 in 32 seconds.
>
>Good test for  the dedicated..:-)
>
>most of the Novag machines just play Nh6+ and they think they are winning..etc.
>
>Rob
>
>this is from a game i played at a local chess club in 1989...
>
>I think I just played....Qg4, or something stupid like that...:-)

I love your test positions! Usually my engine can beat the dedicated machines
but in this case it took 32.1s to find Qh5. Before that it preferred your Qg4.
It eventually found mate in 7:
Qh5 Qc4 Ne7+ Kh8 Ra8 Rd8 Rxd8 h6 Rxf8+ Qg8 Rxg8+ Kh7 Qg6#



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